Anemia in the Turks and Caicos Islands: Exploring the dietary link

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Maitland, Terese E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Caribbean; Diet; Health; Iron; Turks and Caicos Islands

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 34447538169     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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